Broderick Turner ranks the 30 teams. Last week's ranking in parentheses, statistics are through Friday's games:
1. ATLANTA: Are the Hawks the best team in the NBA? Record-wise at 42-9, yes. Win over Warriors Friday was impressive. (1)
2. MEMPHIS:...

The Golden State Warriors have been rolling so much this season that the halftime locker room can be awfully quiet if they're not leading by a lot.
Imagine the mood when they're coming off two consecutive losses and clinging to a one-point lead at...

The summary
At least it didn't go overtime. The Bulls dropped to 1-2 on their six-game trip with a 99-93 loss to the Suns Friday night at U.S. Airways Center. Eric Bledsoe's 23 points led the Suns, who built a 16-point lead early and hung on thanks to...

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The Lakers (12-29) get one last crack at the Suns (24-18) on Monday night in Phoenix.
The Suns have already beaten the Lakers 119-99, 112-106 and 116-107, with Phoenix scoring an average of 115.7 points a night.
Kobe Bryant (rest) and Ronnie Price (elbow) sat out the Lakers' Friday night loss to the Utah Jazz, but they may be available on Monday.
The Lakers are also missing Julius Randle (knee) and Steve Nash (back).
Key matchup
The Suns boast three high-scoring point guards in Goran Dragic,...

Nick Young doesn't know where he stands with the NBA. He's probably suspended for a game even though nothing was announced Saturday.
He definitely knows where he stands with his coach.
"Yeah, I talked to him," Byron Scott said.
How did that go?
"Ask him."
But Young declined to talk to reporters Saturday.
"I gave him some words and told him if it happens again what would happen to him. So hopefully it'll never happen again," Scott said.
He did not look amused while talking about it.
Young...

When/Where: 9 p.m., US Airways Center, Phoenix.
TV: Sun Sports. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.5-FM, 710-AM (Spanish).
Scouting report: The Heat enter on a four-game losing streak, having allowed four consecutive opponents to shoot 54 percent or better, the first time that has happened in the franchise's 27 seasons . . . Beyond Dwyane Wade's 25 points in Sunday's 103-87 loss in Memphis, no other Heat player scored more than 14 . . . The Heat have won eight in a row from the Suns, sweeping the season...

Finally, an opportunity to exhale.
Thanks to Chris Bosh. Thanks to two-point defense that mattered (even as the opposing threes continued to torment). Thanks to an NBA schedule that this time was forgiving.
With Bosh scoring 34 points, and with the Heat stepping up enough defensively to actually force an opponent to miss more than half their shots, the four-game losing streak is over, the Heat defeating the Phoenix Suns 103-97 Tuesday night at US Airways Center.
"I just wanted to win really badly,"...

LAKERS AT PHOENIX
When: 7 PDT.
Where: US Airways Center.
On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.
Records: Lakers 0-1; Suns 0-0.
Record vs. Suns (2013-14): 1-3.
Update: Fully embracing an up-tempo concept, the Suns added free agent Isaiah Thomas as a backup to their already stacked backcourt of Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. Versatile twins Markieff and Marcus Morris make up two-thirds of the Suns' frontcourt. The Lakers have lost their last six games in Phoenix.

After losing rookie power forward Julius Randle to a broken leg in the season opener on Tuesday, the Lakers won't have long to lick their wounds.
On Wednesday, the Lakers visit the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns will play their first game of the year after a 48-win season that just fell short of the playoffs.
The Lakers are expected to play without Steve Nash (back), Nick Young (thumb), Ryan Kelly (hamstring) and Randle (leg). Wayne Ellington is also questionable with a concussion.
Key matchup
Eric...